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...city." The enemy, masked by surrounding buildings and sandbag bunkers, fired on the group. The laser-activated beeper on Hernandez's belt went off, signaling that he had been killed in action; 22 of his 27 fellow platoon members suffered the same fate. All in all, it was a rough day for the Marines. "It was very difficult to find a place to hide," says Hernandez. "If this had been real life, this would have been as far as I'd have gotten...
...last year for which comprehensive data exist). This is a business so stable that a 3% dip in tons of garbage collected, like the one suffered by industry leader Waste Management in the first quarter of this year, can be characterized by a company vice president as "pretty rough." Simply put, it's good to be in the trash business. Says Al Baum, a sales manager at Schroeder Industries, which makes hydraulic filters in McKees Rocks, Pa.: "There's always garbage"--a grateful sentiment that's echoed all over the show floor...
...happened." There's no better place for Torrance to heal the wound than the Belfry, where, in 1985, he sank the putt that brought the trophy back to Europe for the first time in 28 years. And for players like Westwood, who have spent much of 2002 in the rough, a victory in golf's biggest event would mean even more. They could hear once again a word that hasn't been used to describe them all year. Winner...
...hearing horror story after horror story, and he is skeptical of any attempt to depict him as transformed by Sept. 11. "I honestly do not believe that I've been surprised by any of it," he says matter-of-factly. "I went through Agent Orange, which was pretty rough, and I anticipated on this assignment that it would be rough emotionally, and it has been. But I'm not surprised." What Feinberg will admit is that the experience has caused him to recalibrate his job description. "In dealing with these claims," he says, "you're only 10% lawyer...
Bonderman and his partners, however, believe this is prime time for long-term-value investors. "There's a lot of trouble in the world, but it is also a potential time of value," says Coulter. "As investors, we like this environment better than the bubble. It may stay rough for a while, but we're focused five years out." --With reporting by Sally B. Donnelly/ Washington